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柯大衛(音樂總監╱男高音)

 

柯大衛於馬來西亞出生,2000年來港發展,在香港演藝學院教授聲樂,為本地著名男高音。柯氏曾首演多個本港及海外的歌劇角色,最近期的包括2018年首演陳慶恩的室內歌劇《鬼戀》中飾演「人」一角,並於2019年在台北「香港週」巡演。柯氏的演唱曲目極為廣泛,除古典音樂外,亦演唱現代作品、中國民歌及百老匯音樂劇。2014年至2018年期間,與鋼琴家曾華琛於香港公開演出舒伯特的三套聯篇歌曲《美麗的磨坊少女》、《冬之旅》及《天鵝之歌》,為香港聲樂界開創先河,定下里程碑。

 

柯氏現為美聲匯音樂總監,集男高音、作曲、編曲、編劇及導演一身,培育後輩之餘亦先後創作及上演多套叫好叫座的音樂會、音樂劇及流行歌劇等,致力推廣聲樂藝術。近期的作品包括原創音樂劇《快樂王子與第四個智者》及《希望之星Esther》,以及流行歌劇《當莫扎特遇上達.龐蒂》及《摯愛》等。

 

David Quah (Music Director/Tenor)

 

Born in Malaysia, renowned tenor David Quah moved to Hong Kong in 2000 and started teaching singing at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  David has premiered many roles both locally and overseas. Most recently, he sang the title role of “Man” in Chan Hing-yan’s chamber opera “Ghost Love” in January 2018, and toured the production to Taipei for Taipei Hong Kong Week 2019.  Besides classical music, David also boasts a wide range of repertoire that includes contemporary works, Chinese folk songs and Broadway musicals. Between 2014 and 2018, David, in collaboration with pianist Timmy Tsang, was the first singer to have performed all three of Schubert’s complete song cycles Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise and Schwanengesang, setting a milestone in the Hong Kong vocal music scene.

 

David is currently Music Director of Bel Canto Singers and is involved in performing, composing, arranging, script-writing and directing.  Bel Canto Singers has thus far, nurtured several young singers and produced numerous concerts, musicals and pop opera productions to critical acclaim, in its endeavour to promote the genre of vocal music to the public.  Recent productions by Bel Canto Singers under David’s artistic direction including the two original musicals The Happy Prince & The Other Wise Man and Esther, and the pop operas When Mozart Meets Da Ponte and My Beloved.

劉中達(花式溜冰╱編舞╱聯合導演)

 

劉中達出生在台灣,六歲時移居美國,八歲時學習舞蹈與花樣滑冰。他曾代表台灣參加三屆冬季奧運會:1998年冬季奧運會、1992年冬季奧運會和1988年冬季奧運會。退役後,劉氏在香港和紐約合創了Solidwater Productions製作公司,並擔任紐約市冰上劇院的聯合藝術總監。他曾在日本、台灣、新加坡、中國、香港、德國、荷蘭及美國等地的電視台及各種舞蹈和滑冰公司參與演出、製作和指導。目前,劉氏除製作和指導大型特別活動,也是香港演藝學院的客座講師及心理治療師。

 

David Liu (Figure Skating/Choreographer/Co-director)

 

Originally from Taiwan, David immigrated to the United States at the age of six and began formal training in both dance and figure skating by the age of eight. In dance, he attended New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet (SAB) on full scholarship and was chosen by George Balanchine to undergo further intensive training with the great Stanley Williams as part of a special class for young talented dancers.

 

After concluding his dance training at SAB, David went on to hone his skills as a competitive figure skater and competed at the Olympic Games representing his native country, Taiwan in 1988, 1992 and 1998. Professionally, David has produced, choreographed, and performed in numerous dance performances and skating exhibitions and was Co-Artistic Director of Ice Theatre of New York, a not-for-profit dance/skating ensemble company.  Choreographically, David has worked with companies such as Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, and City Contemporary Dance Company. In 2016, David created and directed a two-year touring show in Europe for Holiday on Ice.

 

David’s continual interest in expanding his understanding of dance and movement led him to live in Israel to study Gaga, a contemporary dance movement, with Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva Dance Company. He completed the teacher training course there in 2012. After becoming a certified Gaga instructor, David went on to earn an MFA degree in dance and 2018 an M.A. degree in Counseling. Currently, he teaches Gaga at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts and maintains his practice as a mental health therapist.

楊習禮(鋼琴)

 

鋼琴家楊習禮於奧地利國立維也納音樂及表演藝術大學取得鋼琴演奏及伴奏雙碩士學位、演奏家文憑及鋼琴教學文憑。楊氏曾於意大利羅馬國際鋼琴大賽獲雙鋼琴組一等金獎和二重奏組銀獎,亦於德國博倫舒威的國際音樂節中獲頒發樂壇新秀獎。他是倫敦聖三一音樂學的院士和皇家音樂學院的副院士。

 

作為香港首位 Bösendorfer《貝森朵夫》藝術家,楊氏除活躍於獨奏和室樂演出外,又與歌唱家和樂器演奏家合作、替電台節目錄音及作廣播。他的演奏足跡遍及世界各地等地,多年來舉行的音樂會不計其數。除演出外,對培育後輩亦不遺餘力,經常主持大師班及講座,亦應邀擔任無數活動及比賽評審。楊氏現為海南大學藝術學院、四川文化藝術學院客座教授,亦任教於香港演藝學院鍵盤系、香港浸會大學、香港中文大學、香港大學和香港教育大學之音樂系。此外,他亦出任全球國際音樂家協會名譽顧問,中國國際鋼琴教育協會、香港國際音樂家協會、香港音樂導師同盟及香港鋼琴音樂協會理事。

 

Raymond Young (Pianist)

 

Pianist Raymond Young graduated with Double Master of Arts degrees in performance and vocal accompaniment, and a Diploma in piano pedagogy from the prestigious University for Music and Performing Arts (MDW) in Vienna.  He won the First-prize Medal (Two Piano section) and the Silver Medal (Piano Duet section) at The International Piano Competition in Rome, Italy, and was honoured at the Braunschweig Classix Festival in Germany with the ‘Förderpreis’.  He is a Fellow of the Trinity College, and an Associate of the Royal College of Music, in London. 

 

The first Bösendorfer artist from Hong Kong, Young performs concerts extensively as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician around the world, and has collaborated with singers and instrumentalists in recordings and radio broadcasts.  As an educator, he also frequently conducts masterclasses and lectures, and serves as adjudicator and examiner around the world.  He has been appointed as a Guest Professor of The Hainan University and Sichuan University of Culture and Arts, and on the piano faculty of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong.  Currently, he is the Artistic Advisor of Hong Kong International Musician Association, Honorary Consultant of Global Musician Association and a committee member of Hong Kong Music Tutors Union and Hong Kong Piano Music Association.